{"nrhp_refnum":"84000165","name":"Coffeen, Goldsmith, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"419 Cincinnati Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lebanon","county":"Warren County","state":"OH","lat":39.429901889000064,"lon":-84.21547994699995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-10-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story, six-sided brick house at 419 Cincinnati Avenue in Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio, dating to about 1860 and built for Dr. Goldsmith Coffeen.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant for its unusual six-sided shape, built in the same period that Orson Fowler popularized the octagon mode in New York. It is also tied to Dr. Coffeen, a man known for his eccentric character and as a breeder of fine horses. The house has seen little alteration.","narrative":"Built around 1860 at 419 Cincinnati Avenue in Lebanon, Ohio, this three-story brick house has six sides rather than the usual rectangular plan. It was built for Dr. Goldsmith Coffeen, who had emigrated from New York State and was probably familiar with the type of structure popularized there by Orson Fowler in the octagon mode. The house does not appear on an 1854 map of Lebanon, so it was presumably built soon afterward. Its design is simple, with plain stone lintels over the windows, single brackets in the wood frieze, and a full-width front porch with square posts and turned balusters. Inside are 13 rooms with 13 pie-shaped closets, and a small 19th-century brick addition sits at the rear. Coffeen was known for his eccentric character and bred fine horses, owning \"Shanghai Mary,\" called the mother of the trotting horse world. The house has changed little and sits on a spacious lot.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Hexagonal (six-sided) plan, related to the Octagon Mode","criteria":[],"status_note":"Exterior condition is described as good; the house is in residential use and has seen little alteration.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.593212-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/84000165.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000165/682445953d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000165/682445953d-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Goldsmith_Coffeen_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Goldsmith_Coffeen_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986372","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138754730"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/warren-county/coffeen-goldsmith-house-84000165/"}